Allied Warship Commanders


Richard Herbert Calcraft Wyld DSC, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

16 May 1933S.Lt.
16 Jul 1935Lt.
16 Jul 1943Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1947Cdr.
31 Dec 1954Capt.


Retired: 1 Mar 1959

Decorations

10 Dec 1943DSC
31 Mar 1944Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for Richard Herbert Calcraft Wyld, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Echo (H 23)Lt.Destroyer11 Feb 1943early 1944
HMS Charity (R 29)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer1 Jul 1945Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Echo (H 23)


13 Jul 1943
The Italian submarine Nereide was sunk off Augusta, Sicily by the British destroyers HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. R.H.C. Wyld, RN) and HMS Ilex (Lt.Cdr. V.A. Wight-Boycott, OBE, RN).

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